Home to two renowned orchestras, the Hong Kong Philharmonic and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, and scores of other ensembles and players, as well as a magnet for many of the world’s leading performers, Hong Kong has one of the liveliest classical music scenes in Asia. Read previews and reviews of the biggest classical music events in Hong Kong, interviews with big players and tastemakers, profiles and news.

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Home to two renowned orchestras, the Hong Kong Philharmonic and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, and scores of other ensembles and players, as well as a magnet for many of the world’s leading performers, Hong Kong has one of the liveliest classical music scenes in Asia. Read previews and reviews of the biggest classical music events in Hong Kong, interviews with big players and tastemakers, profiles and news.

From bloody red to lush green to stark white, production of Wagner opera bore the unmistakable stamp of its Spanish director, Calixto Bieito; his bold visuals didn’t always flow comfortably with the music, however.

From bloody red to lush green to stark white, production of Wagner opera bore the unmistakable stamp of its Spanish director, Calixto Bieito; his bold visuals didn’t always flow comfortably with the music, however.

Soloist’s breathtaking technique was on display in performance of Ravel’s jazz-infused Concerto in G with NHK Symphony Orchestra, which delivered a precise and powerful rendering of Prokofiev’s austere Symphony No. 6.

Soloist’s breathtaking technique was on display in performance of Ravel’s jazz-infused Concerto in G with NHK Symphony Orchestra, which delivered a precise and powerful rendering of Prokofiev’s austere Symphony No. 6.

The first female music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin will conduct the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra in Hong Kong. She gives her thoughts on touring China and the state of classical music today.

The first female music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin will conduct the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra in Hong Kong. She gives her thoughts on touring China and the state of classical music today.

Classically trained singers jump at the opportunity to promote opera and musicals to a wide audience by taking part in Super Vocal, which has shot to No 1 on review website Douban and is among China’s top five reality shows.

Classically trained singers jump at the opportunity to promote opera and musicals to a wide audience by taking part in Super Vocal, which has shot to No 1 on review website Douban and is among China’s top five reality shows.

The HK Phil went from strength to strength in 2018, while the programming of city’s other leading orchestras brought diversity – a touchstone of Yip Wing-sie’s tenure at the Sinfonietta, which is to end in 2020, we learned.

The HK Phil went from strength to strength in 2018, while the programming of city’s other leading orchestras brought diversity – a touchstone of Yip Wing-sie’s tenure at the Sinfonietta, which is to end in 2020, we learned.

First Hong Kong woman conductor to head a professional orchestra, who will step down in 2020, says she is proud of the way Sinfonietta has connected with audiences. Orchestra says search for Yip Wing-sie’s successor will begin soon.

First Hong Kong woman conductor to head a professional orchestra, who will step down in 2020, says she is proud of the way Sinfonietta has connected with audiences. Orchestra says search for Yip Wing-sie’s successor will begin soon.

Composer fell in love with music as a child listening to Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, but grew to hate hearing it everywhere. He talks about reimagining the work, and music making as a whole, in our data-saturated age.

Composer fell in love with music as a child listening to Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, but grew to hate hearing it everywhere. He talks about reimagining the work, and music making as a whole, in our data-saturated age.

Patrons may not have expected musical adventurousness from Dutch maestro, but Phil’s new music director sees it has having an obligation to bring new works, such as Ashley Fure’s Filament that featured in gala opening concert

Patrons may not have expected musical adventurousness from Dutch maestro, but Phil’s new music director sees it has having an obligation to bring new works, such as Ashley Fure’s Filament that featured in gala opening concert

A soloist with technique to burn, Leila Josefowicz negotiated the tricky passages of Stravinsky’s neoclassical Violin Concerto in D with ease; orchestra produced rich sound and gorgeous individual playing in Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 2

A soloist with technique to burn, Leila Josefowicz negotiated the tricky passages of Stravinsky’s neoclassical Violin Concerto in D with ease; orchestra produced rich sound and gorgeous individual playing in Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 2